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Artworks
Emo Verkerk
Blaise Pascal, 2019Oil on linen35 3/8 x 45 1/4 inches
90 x 115 cmFurther images
Verkerk has taken the 17th Century French mathematician Blaise Pascal as a subject several times throughout his career. This recent painting presents a fleshy Pascal, rendered in full color with...Verkerk has taken the 17th Century French mathematician Blaise Pascal as a subject several times throughout his career. This recent painting presents a fleshy Pascal, rendered in full color with soft strokes in contrast to the more linear approach taken previously. Into the cloak front of an older-looking Pascal is tucked a miniature black-and-white pup, perhaps recalling the theorist’s famous quote: “The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.”4of 4
